Calypso bulbosa
Fairy Slipper, Calypso, Pink Slipper Orchid
Like the nymph Calypso -- whose charms lured Ulysses into a 7-year stay on her island -- this diminutive woodland Orchid casts an irresistible spell.
Calypso
By Lou Paun
Calypso - C. borealis is a pretty little hardy Orchid, with rosy-purple sepals and petals, and a white lip, heavily blotched with cinnamon brown, from the cold regions of N. America.
Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid)
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
Blooming information withheld to protect the Orchids.
( Calypso Tulip )
This tulip bears solitary, yellow margined, tomato-red bowl-shaped flowers on sturdy upright stems which have several leaves. The tulip has been the favored spring bulb for centuries.
Fairyslipper
Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes
Family: Orchidaceae, Orchid
Genus: Calypso ...
The 12-inch-tall Tulipa 'Calypso' (1992) is known for being reliably perennial. It has decorative stippled leaves and large orange-red flowers rimmed with primrose and a black base.
Calypso bulbosa.Fairy Slipper.
Goodyera oblongifolia. Rattlesnake Plantain.
Cypripedium montanum. Mountain Lady Slipper.
Subject : Calypso
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Fairy Slipper [English]: Calypso bulbosa
Fairy Slipper [English]: Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis
Fairy Slipper [English]: Calypso bulbosa var. americana
Fairy Slipper [English]: Cypripedium bulbosum ...
'Calypso' is cold hardy and vigorous, growing 10 to 18 feet tall, with single cherry red flowers.
'Hardy Red' is the hardiest cultivar, surviving even in some protected locations in the Piedmont, although it may suffer damage in some winters.
Herbs: Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra), Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), Heartleaf Arnica (Arnica cordifolia), Lady Fern (Athyrium felix-femina), Calypso orchids (Calypso spp.), Sedges (Carex spp.), Blue Bead Lily (Clintonia borealis), ...
Much like a calypso bean in size and a spotted appearance, the Steuben Yellow Bean keeps its coloring and shape after it is cooked, providing a mealy-textured oval-shaped bean for soups, stews, salads, and mixed vegetables.
Try cultivars such as 'Calypso', 'Buttercup', 'Dante', 'Flamingo', 'Firewell', 'Appeal' and 'Bliss'.
Some species such as E. oxypetalum are nocturnal - with their flowers opening during the night.
Problems ...
Plant profile by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Detailed account of C. antillanum and close relatives - with photo
"SIR GALBA - Grenadian Calypsonian of the Forties and Fifties" by Caldwell Taylor ...
that the Israelites used in their wanderings in Sinai would have been a kind of juniper; certainly the ancient Roman 'cedrus' was a juniper--its oil was used as a pesticide to preserve books. In his travels, Odysseus found both Circe and Calypso ...
 See also: Green, Pink, Orange, May, Orchid
  
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